What are the characteristics of bamboo carving in the middle of Qing Dynasty?

In the mid-Qing Dynasty, bamboo carvings with double springs were formed in Shaoyang, Hunan, Jiang 'an, Sichuan and Huangyan, Zhejiang, which became the mainstream of bamboo carving art .. Inverted bamboo carving is a kind of bamboo carving, also known as "sticking spring", "bamboo spring", "inverted spring" or "asparagus". When carving, the bamboo should be sawed into a bamboo tube, and the knots and green branches should be removed, leaving a layer of bamboo springs, which are boiled, dried, flattened, glued, embedded in wooden tires and bamboo pieces, then polished, and then engraved with patterns, including figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, calligraphy and so on.

The carving of the flip spring is mostly on the thin surface of the bamboo spring, so it is mainly shallow carving with negative lines, and there are also fine carvings. The works of art with flip springs are smooth and ivory-like, and mainly consist of tea pots, vases, jewelry boxes, pen containers, fruit bowls and so on.

Bamboo carving is one of the unique special arts in China, but it is rarely found in archaeological excavations because it is not easy to preserve. There is a bamboo carving pen holder in Qing dynasty, which is carved from a natural oval flat bamboo, which is very natural.

On the front of the pen holder is a picture of the fisherman's sleeping at night. In the picture, the fisherman's hermit looks realistic, the water is microwave-sparkling and the reeds are bent. The background is rugged mountains, towering trees, standing on rocks, flowers and vines, lifelike.

Another treasure of bamboo carving, "Cattle herding with bamboo carving pen holder", is also famous. The author is talking about Jiading people in Qing Dynasty.

This bamboo carving pen holder for herding cattle is carved from two bamboo roots, 14 cm square, with different diameters and arc curves, ranging from top to bottom. The beauty of this pen container is that the author goes with the flow, wields a pen and a knife, and carves the bamboo surface into a picture of "herding cattle" in a ravine. Because bamboo joints are naturally narrow and undulating, he carved them into rugged mountain roads.

There are two cows on the mountain road, among which Daniel is the first to turn the corner and is strong. The calf is very comfortable, as if peeking at insects jumping in the grass, and its image is very realistic. The author skillfully used bamboo tendons. Carving mountains embodies the function of bamboo tendons, just like the axe chop of traditional Chinese painting mountain technique, which adds icing on the cake to steep mountains and dense moss on the ground and doubles the wilderness.

As far as the subject matter is concerned, bamboo carving is equivalent to poetry and songs, regardless of landscape figures, flowers, birds, fish and insects, most of them have entrusted the feelings of literati. Literati pay attention to artistic conception, so many artistic conceptions of bamboo carving are very similar to those of Chinese painting. Due to the success of bamboo carving art, the carving of precious materials such as ivory, rosewood and boxwood has had a far-reaching impact, so other works of art in later generations tend to imitate bamboo utensils.